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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-0396

Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Real Name value in an e-mail attachment sent in AppleDouble format, which triggers the…

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 11.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Real Name value in an e-mail attachment sent in AppleDouble format, which triggers the overflow when the user double-clicks on an attachment.

CVSS 2.0
5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
11.08% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 March 2006
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%26 October 2026: 11.08%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 11.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-1583source ↗Apple Mac OSX 10.4.5 Mail.app - Real Name Buffer Overflowosx · Kevin Finisterreremote13 March 2006yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.